Featuring the re-reinvention of trap, a DJ set to soundtrack festival decadence and the music thats putting Vancouver back on the music map
Vancouver has earned the nickname No Fun City for its blend of draconian licensing laws and gentrification resulting in a sparse club scene. But just as the Giuliani-driven crackdown on dancing in Manhattan helped trigger a vibrant Brooklyn, Vancouver has started to stir with a crop of new producers, promoters and labels invigorating the citys nightlife. Chief among them are new label Mood Hut, whose handful of releases over the last couple of years have been brilliant. Pender Street Steppers are the pick of the bunch, with slow and soppy instrumental ballads decked out in sax solos going up against mid-tempo strutters, but this new 12 inch from one half of the Steppers, Jack J, is equally strong. The tape hiss is heavy, the drum tones are cheap and hollow, and the vocals are smudged. In an age of digital perfection, some might find this style maddeningly contrarian, but to my mind its timelessly affecting in its naïve, unassuming craft rather than cheaply nostalgic.
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by Ben Beaumont-Thomas via Electronic music | The Guardian
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